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Earthquake in California

Kachina624 — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:17:24 GMT

In Julian near San Diego was 5.2 and didn't cause much damage, no injuries.

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JudyL — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:28:17 GMT

5.2 is a decent shaker. Have friends and my brother live down that way. Will see if they felt it.

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Nightowlz — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:33:09 GMT

We feel some of the small ones we get in OK.

Someone had to feel that unless it's in an unpopulated area.

I wouldn't live in Ca if you paid me.

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hopi — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:04:53 GMT

Love California only visit there several times. It's a beautiful state. My son lived in Arizona for about 10 years and stayed with him often.

One day felt like my head was spinning and was loosing my balance Went and laid on the bed.. it was strange. Found out it was a quake in Cali. You can feel the vibrations that far away.

Every state has their own issues. In the Chicago storms we always look to the positive side and say at least there are no snakes, lizards, alligators, giant bugs or bears.

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matty liz — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:19:40 GMT

Nightowlz, try TN and other states with our tornados. Both are scary. I was in the Solmar quake and would take a quake over a tornado but that is just me

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Pecky — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:54:25 GMT

I will not complain about the snow in the NE. I will take it any day over the tornados and earthquakes.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:00:43 GMT

We, in New Mexico, probably have less chance of natural disaster than any other place. No tornadoes (except small ones in Eastern plains), hurricanes, earth quakes, volcanoes. I guess drought is the biggest problem and getting worse.

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giova — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:01:07 GMT

nightowiz, I wouldn't live in any other State than California if you paid me.

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haddon9 — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:11:44 GMT

@giova wrote:
nightowiz, I wouldn't live in any other State than California if you paid me.

@giova I stay where I am because it is home and it's where my family and friends are. At my age I couldn't imagine moving away from my kids and grandchildren. Lots of people do when they retire and there are times such as the winter when I would love to be a snowbird.

That said, the US is a beautiful country with lots of beautiful places to live.

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SoCal Bred — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:11:08 GMT

Yep, we felt it, it hit around 10:09a this morning, we live in the San Gabriel Valley northeast of downtown LA. Seems quakes are felt and reported more on Monday's lately. For a while quakes had been felt in the Malibu area on a weekly basis.

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spumoni99 — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:53:11 GMT

My daugter lives in San Diego but she is at coachella right now which is pretty far from there.

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Love my grandkids — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:47:22 GMT

@Nightowlz LOL. I spent my first 61 years in Southern California and circumstances caused me to move to WA state but I still love California. And you couldn't pay me to live in Oklahoma, not at all. Went through there once years ago. No thanks.

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Puzzle Piece — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:47:53 GMT

I did not feel the quake thankfully. Went thru the '94 Northridge quake and that was truly awful.

@Kachina I dunno. You can get earthquakes in NM and Volcanos too. It's just that they have been dormant for many years.

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Sooner — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:51:45 GMT

@Nightowlz wrote:
We feel some of the small ones we get in OK.
Someone had to feel that unless it's in an unpopulated area.
I wouldn't live in Ca if you paid me.

@Nightowlz Were you here for the "big one" 5.7 we had? Wow shook us for 40 seconds in 2011. Our chandelier was swinging like crazy and the noise was pretty loud. Scared me!

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spumoni99 — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:56:08 GMT

@Nightowlz wrote:
We feel some of the small ones we get in OK.
Someone had to feel that unless it's in an unpopulated area.
I wouldn't live in Ca if you paid me.

@NightowlzCA is a big state. I live in northern CA and in my 64 years have never experienced any natural disaster other than mild after shocks from SF earthquakes.

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Marp — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 22:49:21 GMT

Saw video of the elephants at San Diego Zoo. It looks like they knew something was about to happen then as the earthquake started they very quickly formed an "alert circle".

nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/watch-elephants-react-to-san-diego-earthquake/6224900/

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stevieb — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:01:03 GMT

@Marp wrote:
Saw video of the elephants at San Diego Zoo. It looks like they knew something was about to happen then as the earthquake started they very quickly formed an "alert circle".

nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/watch-elephants-react-to-san-diego-earthquake/6224900/

That is absolutely amazing to watch! So glad you posted!

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Jk9 — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:14:00 GMT

@Marp Thank you for posting about the elephants. Animals are so fascinating and so much more than a lot of people realize. Their senses are so superior in many ways.

Well, I live in SC, a state with bears, coyotes, alligators, big bugs, snakes and lizards. We have tornadoes and hurricanes in different parts of the state. We have forest fires and flooding. But I still like it here. Guess it's what you get used to experiencing.

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spumoni99 — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:15:12 GMT

@Marp wrote:
Saw video of the elephants at San Diego Zoo. It looks like they knew something was about to happen then as the earthquake started they very quickly formed an "alert circle".

nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/watch-elephants-react-to-san-diego-earthquake/6224900/

@Marp Thank you for posting this, elephants are so sensitive and caring, looks like they were protecting a youngster in the middle. I just read three books about elephants, they are very intelligent.

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elated — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:38:30 GMT

@Marp wrote:
Saw video of the elephants at San Diego Zoo. It looks like they knew something was about to happen then as the earthquake started they very quickly formed an "alert circle".

nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/watch-elephants-react-to-san-diego-earthquake/6224900/

@Marp That was a beautiful scene. I have always loved elephants. My heart broke when they were killed for their tusks. I think their has been a law passed against such senseless killings.